Albuquerque’s transit service — ABQ RIDE — has achieved a record in single month ridership in October.

Transit officials said the service had 1,237,344 passenger boardings last month, topping the previous record for passenger boardings which was set in August at 1,178,611. The increase represents 58,733 passengers or 5 percent.

Its October boardings also represent a 10.3 percent increase over October 2011.

ABQ RIDE has had a 5.3 percent increase in ridership so far in 2012 as compared to 2011.

Officials said that at the current rate, ABQ RIDE could top 13 million passenger boardings in 2012, which would be a milestone for the service.